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SMTP Email Relay Solutions

Score9 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

What is SMTP Email Relay Solutions?

SMTP Email Relay Solutions is a transactional email service formerly from SharpSpring and now a J2 Global company.

Smooth experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I average around 600+ emails monthly as an accounting clerk who frequently communicates with clients and sends out financial statements. I was often flagged by Microsoft when sending emails in bulk, but immediately following setting their service up I have had zero problems or hiccups with completing my work. The staff was incredibly helpful throughout the process.

Pros

  • Easy set-up
  • Dependable
  • Bulk-sending

Return on Investment

  • Improved productivity
  • Increased client communication

Usability

Very easy to work with this company...

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This is for our website forms for tours and rates etc. We had to have a email relay that would be DKIM and DMARC aligned with our domain as our emails from our website was using something that wasn't compliant.

Pros

  • Very easy to work with this company.
  • All instructions were easy to follow and I had no issues with this company.
  • Dependable

Cons

  • Easier cancellation

Return on Investment

  • emails get through

Usability

SMTP Email Delivery Ups and Downs

Pros

  • It allows us to send email through the secure email gateway.
  • We are able to track and scan all email communications
  • It provides a way for legacy and current applications to send out notification and mass email communications.

Cons

  • As with any technology on a server, we sometimes see issues with downtime related to network changes or firewall updates.
  • It can be a challenge to work with some of our older applications when the TLS feature is used.
  • I wish there was a more direct way to reliably use SMTP for mass email sends without the fear of being blacklisted.

Return on Investment

  • It's the easiest way to send mail out. No worries about complex configurations.
  • It can be finicky when used in a hybrid Office 365 environment to get the proper pathways secured and working.
  • I wish there were a better way to send out mass emails, on-site, without our domain or server IP being blacklisted.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Office 365

Other Software Used

Citrix NetScaler, Citrix User Profile Management, Microsoft Office 365